EP4308005A4 - PROCESSING CIRCUIT, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING ELECTRICAL POWER CONSUMPTION IN AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING PROBE BASED ON AN INTERLEAVED DATA ACQUISITION AND RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM - Google Patents

PROCESSING CIRCUIT, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING ELECTRICAL POWER CONSUMPTION IN AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING PROBE BASED ON AN INTERLEAVED DATA ACQUISITION AND RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM

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Publication number: EP4308005A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: power consumption; data acquisition; processing circuit; electrical power; ultrasound imaging
Prior art date: 2021-03-19
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Pending

Application number

EP22772287.3A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

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EP4308005A1 (en

Inventor

Yongyi Yang

Miles N. Wernick

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Exo Imaging Inc

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Exo Imaging Inc

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2021-03-19

Filing date

2022-03-18

Publication date

2025-01-29

2022-03-18 Application filed by Exo Imaging Inc filed Critical Exo Imaging Inc

2024-01-24 Publication of EP4308005A1 publication Critical patent/EP4308005A1/en

2025-01-29 Publication of EP4308005A4 publication Critical patent/EP4308005A4/en

Status Pending legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

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- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
- G01S15/00—Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves, e.g. sonar systems
- G01S15/88—Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications
- G01S15/89—Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications for mapping or imaging
- G01S15/8906—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques
- G01S15/8909—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques using a static transducer configuration
- G01S15/8915—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques using a static transducer configuration using a transducer array
- G01S15/892—Short-range imaging systems; Acoustic microscope systems using pulse-echo techniques using a static transducer configuration using a transducer array the array being curvilinear
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- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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- G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
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Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
Ultra Sonic Daignosis Equipment (AREA)
Image Processing (AREA)
Investigating Or Analyzing Materials By The Use Of Ultrasonic Waves (AREA)
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EP22772287.3A 2021-03-19 2022-03-18 PROCESSING CIRCUIT, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING ELECTRICAL POWER CONSUMPTION IN AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING PROBE BASED ON AN INTERLEAVED DATA ACQUISITION AND RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM Pending EP4308005A4 (en)

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